Wednesday, April 11, 2012

ACATECO INDIAANS IN CENTRAL AMERICA

THE ACATECO HAVE A POPULATION OF 20,000 AND ARE MAYAN SPEAKERS AND THEY LIVE IN SAN RAFAEL AND SAN MIGUEL. AS OF 1998 THERE WERE 58,000 SPEAKERS OF ANATEK. THIS LANGUAGE IS CLOSE TO TO MAYAN. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THEY SPLIT INTO SEVERAL GROUPS OF 500 TO 1500 YEARS AGO. THIS LANGUAGE IS CLOSE TO MAYAN. ALQUAKET WAS A DIALECT OF THE QANJOBAL LANGUAGE UNTIL 1970'S.

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